Deglaciation of the Gulf of Maine

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 351, Issue , 2001, Pages 9-34

  Schnitker, Detmar ^a   Belknap, Daniel F ^a   Bacchus, Tania S ^b   Friez, Julie K ^c   Lusardi, Barbara A ^d   Popek, Daniel M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

^e Tennessee Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE PRODUCTIVITY;

SEA ICE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEGLACIATION; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHELF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE; SHALLOW WATER; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; GEORGES BASIN; GULF OF MAINE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84871300619     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2351-5.9     Document Type: Article

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